Garsington Opera Limited
Registered name: GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED
Garsington Opera Limited made £9.9m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Garsington Opera Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in Stokenchurch; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stokenchurch, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £10.4m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £8.4m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £2.1m | — |
| Profit before tax | £6.1m | £2.1m | £792k |
| Profit after tax | £6.1m | £2.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.1m | £2.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 24 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 46.3% | 19.9% | 10.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £623k | £435k | £366k |
| Profit per employee | £289k | £86.6k | £38.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.2% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.7% | ▼50.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £366k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Garsington Opera Productions LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £3k
- Garsington Opera Enterprises LimitedRev. £235k · Profit £25.7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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